Bill Text: IA HF2117 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the development of an implementation plan for a centralized direct care workforce database.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [HF2117 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2117-Introduced.html
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BY
BERGAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
development
of
an
implementation
plan
1
for
a
centralized
direct
care
workforce
database.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
CENTRALIZED
DIRECT
CARE
WORKFORCE
DATABASE
——
1
STAKEHOLDER
WORKGROUP
——
IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
2
1.
The
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
shall
convene
3
a
workgroup
of
stakeholders
to
develop
a
plan
to
implement
a
4
centralized
direct
care
workforce
database
as
an
expansion
of
5
the
Iowa
direct
care
worker
registry
currently
located
within
6
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals.
The
purposes
of
the
7
database
are:
8
a.
To
enable
data-driven
decision-making
by
providing
9
a
means
for
collecting
data
and
analyzing
emerging
trends
10
relating
to
the
state’s
direct
care
workforce
in
all
settings
11
and
by
identifying,
at
a
minimum,
the
current
number
of
12
direct
care
workers
in
Iowa,
the
diversity
in
the
direct
care
13
workforce,
and
the
employment
settings
utilized
to
aid
in
14
planning
for
the
growing
demand
for
the
direct
care
workforce.
15
b.
To
provide
portability
across
employment
settings
16
and
populations
served
of
the
permanent
record
of
trainings,
17
certifications,
credentials,
continuing
education,
and
18
experience
of
direct
care
workers
by
maintaining
such
records
19
in
a
central
and
secure
location.
20
c.
To
improve
the
opportunity
for
consumers
to
engage
21
direct
care
workers
with
the
training,
skills,
and
availability
22
appropriate
to
their
own
situations.
23
d.
To
reduce
the
costs
and
time
associated
with
repetitive
24
training
resulting
from
the
lack
of
training
portability.
25
e.
To
increase
public
protection
by
streamlining
the
26
process
to
enable
completion
of
required
background
checks
in
27
a
timely
and
efficient
manner.
28
f.
To
accelerate
the
onboarding
of
newly
employed
direct
29
care
workers
and
direct
care
workers
transitioning
into
new
30
employment
opportunities.
31
2.
The
members
of
the
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
32
include
one
representative
of
the
department
of
education,
33
Iowa
workforce
development,
the
department
on
aging,
the
34
department
of
public
health,
the
department
of
human
services,
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the
department
of
public
safety,
division
of
criminal
1
investigation,
the
Iowa
caregivers,
AARP
Iowa,
the
Iowa
center
2
for
nursing
workforce,
everystep
care
and
support
services,
3
the
brain
injury
alliance
of
Iowa,
the
national
alliance
on
4
mental
illness-Iowa,
leadingage
Iowa,
the
Iowa
association
of
5
community
providers,
united
way
of
central
Iowa-central
Iowa
6
works,
the
Iowa
health
care
association,
the
Iowa
developmental
7
disabilities
council,
a
rural
community
college
and
an
urban
8
community
college,
one
rural
and
one
urban
public
health
9
entity,
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
and
the
university
of
10
Iowa
college
of
public
health
midwestern
public
health
training
11
center.
Additionally,
the
task
force
shall
include
two
direct
12
care
workers
who
have
graduated
from
the
Iowa
caregivers
13
toughest
job
you’ll
ever
love
leadership
program,
a
citizen
14
advocate,
and
two
consumers.
15
3.
The
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
Review
historical
reports
of
efforts
and
recommendations
17
generated
by
previous
state-led
and
federally
funded
18
initiatives
for
consideration
in
informing
future
planning,
and
19
assess
whether
the
previous
recommendations
align
with
future
20
needs.
21
b.
Review
prior
efforts
including
the
results
of
the
Iowa
22
better
jobs
better
care
program
demonstration
and
the
AMANDA
23
portal
developed
through
the
federal
personal
and
home
care
24
aide
state
training
(PHCAST)
grant
to
determine
if
these
25
technologies
could
be
brought
to
scale
or
implemented
to
save
26
costs
and
resources
in
implementing
the
database.
27
c.
Investigate
initiatives
by
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
28
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
29
human
services
relating
to
nurse
aid
registries.
30
d.
Solicit
input
from
stakeholders
on
the
type
of
data
to
be
31
collected
and
the
types
of
analyses
to
be
performed
in
building
32
and
retaining
the
high-demand
direct
care
workforce.
33
e.
Identify
critical
database
system
content
and
34
functionality
including
but
not
limited
to
all
of
the
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following:
1
(1)
A
direct
care
worker’s
verified
education
and
training
2
records,
credentials,
certifications,
and
experience.
3
(2)
A
means
to
include
existing
qualified
direct
care
4
workers
in
the
database
through
a
phased-in
grandfathering
5
process.
6
(3)
An
option
for
access
to
the
database
by
employers
and
7
consumers
through
a
public
portal
to
assist
in
identifying
8
direct
care
workers
with
particular
knowledge
and
skills.
9
(4)
Demographic
and
other
information
to
assist
in
10
workforce
data
collection
and
analysis.
11
(5)
Accurate
supply
and
demand
projections
regarding
the
12
entirety
of
the
direct
care
workforce.
13
f.
Recommend
strategies
to
provide
state-recognized,
14
competency-based,
comprehensive,
cross-setting,
portable
15
training
approaches,
including
the
prepare
to
care
curriculum
16
and
the
mental
health
first
aid
curriculum,
apprenticeships,
17
and
other
existing
and
new
opportunities
in
order
to
provide
a
18
recognized
career
path
for,
increase
professionalism
in,
and
19
improve
retention
by,
employers
of
the
direct
care
workforce.
20
g.
Explore
state,
federal,
and
other
public
sources
21
of
funding
and
review
the
status
of
prior
investments
in
22
modifications
to
expand
the
Iowa
direct
care
worker
registry.
23
h.
Solicit
feedback
from
the
public
including
through
24
the
lifelong
smiles
coalition,
united
ways
of
Iowa,
the
25
arc
of
Iowa,
the
university
of
Iowa
colleges
of
nursing
and
26
dentistry,
Iowa
state
university,
the
older
Iowans
legislature,
27
the
Olmstead
consumer
task
force,
the
Iowa
assisted
living
28
association,
home
care
and
nonmedical
senior
service
providers,
29
the
Iowa
public
health
association,
the
Iowa
association
of
30
business
and
industry,
Telligen,
inc.,
labor,
local
boards
31
of
health,
county
supervisors,
and
other
persons
deemed
32
appropriate
by
the
workgroup.
33
4.
The
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
convene
no
later
than
34
September
1,
2020,
and
shall
submit
a
phased-in
implementation
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plan
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
the
general
1
assembly
by
June
30,
2021.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
development
of
a
plan
for
6
implementation
of
a
centralized
direct
care
workforce
database.
7
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
8
to
convene
a
stakeholder
workgroup
to
develop
a
plan
and
9
make
recommendations
for
a
centralized
direct
care
workforce
10
database
as
an
expansion
of
the
Iowa
direct
care
worker
11
registry.
12
The
bill
specifies
the
purposes
of
the
database,
and
the
13
membership
and
duties
of
the
workgroup.
14
The
bill
requires
the
stakeholder
workgroup
to
convene
15
no
later
than
September
1,
2020,
and
to
submit
a
phased-in
16
implementation
plan
for
the
centralized
direct
care
workforce
17
database,
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
June
30,
18
2021.
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